Its story

HIP 57408 has a visual magnitude of about 8.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 57408: right ascension 11h 46m 9s, declination +39° 24′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Canes Venatici constellation (IAU figure CVn).

HIP 57408. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 57408, HD 102242, Gaia DR3 767956439040890240. In the SkyKeepsake Canes Venatici (CVn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.